After 25 years as an Otolaryngologist - head and neck surgeon, Dr Gillian Dunlop now concentrates on rhinoplasty, prominent ear surgery (Otoplasty) and paediatric surgery.

She was elected Treasurer of the Australasian Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery 1999-2005 and is now Executive Secretary (2020-present) and is now a regular speaker at seminars for GP’s and medical residents.

In 2023 she was the Keynote Speaker for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

She was awarded the Graham Coupland Medal by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2018 for her dual career in Otolaryngology and portrait painting. She was the winner of the People’s Choice Award for the Salon des Refuses in 2006.